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IR Film Review: CASANOVA, LAST LOVE [Cohen Media Group]
The approach in "Casanova, Last Love" exploring the legendary romancer when he is exiled from France to London for a short time is an interesting exploration in approach and ideas of both class and behavior in an era.
IR Film Review: A CLASSIC HORROR STORY [Netflix]
With "A Classic Horror Story" those influences of certain American lore come full circle but the impact of history (especially in a place like Italy where this is made out of), the connotation has different impacts.
IR Film Review: THE CALL [Shudder]
Chester Rushing plays the other lead Chris and, while he is supposed to be the fresh eyes, his texture of guilt, while prominent, isn't taken to its full possibility either [but Sanders would have been the real breakout]. "The Call" had potential but simply delivered on its base line, which is not a criticism but a fact.
IR Film Review: HOW I BECAME A SUPERHERO [Netflix]
. In "How I Became A Superhero", made in France and premiering on Netflix, it takes the idea not of the antihero but more specifically the idea of what people want to become who are empowered with superhuman abilities.
IR Film Review: THE 8TH NIGHT [Netflix]
The perspective of "The 8th Night" uses the element of the "seeing eye" as an ancient curse but one where two sides of the same coin were separated by thousands of miles and millennia to prevent them from coming together again.
IR Film Review: THE FOREVER PURGE [Universal]
The Purge has always been a story of terror rather than horror and what human beings can reflect in their behavior, both in the best of times and the worst of times. The movie doesn't pull punches yet it is also aware it is entertainment which is a difficult balance.
IR Film Review: THE BOSS BABY - FAMILY BUSINESS [Dreamworks/Universal]
"The Boss Baby: Family Business" doesn't reinvent in the wheel but it knows its IP well enough to understand its needs but also push its boundaries.
IR Film Review: BLACK WIDOW [Marvel/Disney]
Scarlett Johannsen, of course, is good but there is an expectation but the weight that Florence Pugh brings in as Yelena really gives it a pit of interesting despair yet joy at different points.
IR Film Review: F9 - THE FAST SAGA [Universal]
A franchise like "The Fast & The Furious" going into its 9th film has to have some fun at its own expense but not play too outside the box. The issue is it is hard to take it seriously at all and yet it demands at times a gravitas. It is not about overcoming odds. it is just about wanting that adrenaline of life.